Yeah, it doesn’t look egregious to me, either, but it seems like the NFL really wants to discourage leading with the head, and probably especially for quarterbacks (by far most team’s most important players, and which the league wants to try to protect).
(FWIW, that fine is pretty much exactly 1% of Richardson’s 2024 guaranteed salary.)
Egregious or not, it’s a textbook example of a foul.
https://operations.nfl.com/the-rules/nfl-video-rulebook/use-of-the-helmet
If this doesn’t warrant a fine, then nothing does.
DT Kevin Givens to IR, too. Torn pectoral muscle.
And the personal tragedies continue. Trent Williams’s son was stillborn, whose twin had died earlier in Sondra Williams’s pregnancy.
Eff this season. I’d say start tanking, but the 49ers don’t have to do anything on purpose to finish 6-11.
The Browns keep bouncing back. They get a TD, we get one right back.
Seems we have a good quarterback.
2 big bombs there-absolutely no idea how the Browns DB missed that (he may have barely tipped it tho). Then one of the worst blown coverages you’ll ever see on the Browns’ riposte.
This game is rather fun for a neutral to watch!
Jeudy is having an unjustified revenge game but it’s kind of funny.
I always thought it was a bit silly whenever the sports media calls a game where one guy plays against his former team a “revenge game”, like assuming there’s always some sort of bad blood there when there’s no reason to think so. But this seems to be an actual revenge game because they’re booing him and he’s living it up.
As far as I know though he’s got no revenge narrative. He just sucked in Denver. It’s understandable they didn’t keep him.
I’m finding him a bit annoying, but 219 yards and a touchdown is a very good return, isn’t it?
Is it just me, or does Sean Payton look way older than 60?
Two pick sixes is just too much for the Browns to overcome. They played pretty well tonight, but giving up 14 points to the Denver defense is a killer.
The archetypical Jameis Winston game. 6 TDs. 4 to his own team, 2 to the other.
What a crazy game
This is the Jameis Winston I expected. An exciting, talented, fun QB who tosses out interceptions like he’s tossing Mardi Gras beads.
Almost 500 yards passing and 4 TDs is insane, but so is 3 INTs including 2 pick-6’s.
I hit on the interceptions (2+) but guessed a double figure defeat. Close.
Were you not entertained? 900+ yds. of offense, plenty more (171 on interceptions by Denver) on defense. Beats 4 yards and a cloud of dust.
Imagine what a wild season it would have been in Cleveland if they had just bit the bullet and benched Watson coming out of training camp.
Not saying they’d be superbowl contenders, but it would’ve been a wild ride.
But now we can see the difference.
Al-Shaair has been suspended for three games, per Adam Schefter.
While I saw the hit and it was terrible, I’m not sure exactly how a defender is supposed to approach a running quarterback. I’ve seen QBs who look like they’re about to slide, only to make a cut and gain extra yards. If the defender gets low to hit the runner in the midsection, that winds up a hit to the head when they do slide.
Are there any examples of perfect play against a running QB that doesn’t risk one or the other?